37 
Species 
Wedge-tailed. Shearwater 
Sooty Tern 
White-capped Noddy 
Common Noddy 
Sooty/S lender-billed Shearwater 
White Tern 
d-footed Booby 
Storm Petrel 
Shearwater/Petrel 
Bulwer's Petrel 
White-tailed Tropicbird 
Miscellaneous 
Prigatebird 
Small Pterodroma 
Phoenix/Tahiti Petrel 
Pterodroma sp. 
Christmas Shearwater 
Shearwater sp. 
Brown Booby 
Noddy sp. 
Audubon Shearwater 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Mottled Petrel 
Shorebirds 
Blue-faced Booby 
Percent 
Number 
34.2 
1102 
33.0 
1064 
10.2 
328 
8.6 
. 276 
3.V- 
109 
2.5 
80 
1.4 
44 
1.3 
4i 
1.2 
38 
0.9 
28 
0.6 
21 
0.6 
19 
0.5 
17 
0.5 
•15 ‘ 
0.2 
8 
0.2 
6 
0.2 
5 
0.1 
4 
0.1 
4 
0.1 
3 
0.1 
O 
0.1 
3 
0.1 
2 
0.1 
2 
0.1 
1 
100 3223 Lin. dens. 
2.69 
A good variety of birds, particularly Proceilarids, was present oyer 
this section. Wedgetails were abundant on the 7th and regular on the ‘tm, 
5th, 6 th, and 8 th, 200 to 300 miles east-northeast of Samoa. Sooty Shear¬ 
waters were regular; they were also noted to the north up to Christmas 
Island. New Zealand Shearwater, Christmas Shearwater, Audubon/Little 
Shearwater, Phoenix Petrel, Tahiti Petrel, White-winged(?) Petrel, Cook(?) 
Petrel, Mottled Petrel, and Bulwer Petrel were all recorded in low num¬ 
bers. Only a single Blue-faced Booby was seen (close to Starbuck). Soouy 
Tern numbers declined steadily over the five days. Both Noddies were 
common between the Manua Islands and Tutuila. No large number 01 Dxr^s 
from the Danger Island area was noted, partly due to the fact that it was 
passed during the night. Brown Boobies were present, however, and proo- 
ably were based on Danger. 
Simultaneous observations from two or three vessels were conducted 
over the track. A comparison of this information is included in a^ot^e*. 
section of this report. 
American Samoa to Southern Grid via Swains Island 12-15 April 
$ miles of obs.: 292 
Linear density : O .92 
# Birds : 269 
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